2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 8,484 people earned their degree in entrepreneurship, making the major the 158th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 843 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in entrepreneurship. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their entrepreneurship program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree entrepreneurial studies students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship in the Southwest Region

1

Mohave Community College
Kingman, Arizona

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mohave Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kingman, Arizona, this small public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified associates’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Mohave Community College

2

Northland Pioneer College
Holbrook, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland Pioneer College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Northland Pioneer College is located in Holbrook, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Entrepreneurship at NPC

3

Austin Community College District
Austin, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Entrepreneurship at Austin Community College District

3

Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Fe Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Santa Fe Community College Entrepreneurship Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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